Remove what-are-mobile-device-threats-and-how-to-avoid-them
article thumbnail

What Are Mobile Device Threats and How to Avoid Them

Heimadal Security

Mobile device threats are menaces over your mobile device that can manifest at the network level, can be application-based, system-based vulnerabilities, or even physical. These risks are wide spreading now, as we use these devices for sensitive business.

Mobile 71
article thumbnail

Protecting Your Digital Identity: Celebrating Identity Management Day

Webroot

But what exactly is identity management, and why do we need a whole day for it? What is identity management? What is identity management? So, what is identity management? The answer lies in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats. The answer lies in the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats.

VPN 84
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Can We Stop Pretending SMS Is Secure Now?

Krebs on Security

SMS text messages were already the weakest link securing just about anything online, mainly because there are tens of thousands of employees at mobile stores who can be tricked or bribed into swapping control over a mobile phone number to someone else. The “how they did it” was sickeningly simple.

article thumbnail

Massive utility scam campaign spreads via online ads

Malwarebytes

To give an idea of scale, the number of ads we found exceeds what we have found in previous malvertising cases. This blog post has two purposes: the first one is to draw awareness to this problem by showing how it works. The ads are shown to mobile devices only, which makes sense given how often people use their phones.

Scams 140
article thumbnail

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT?

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

Guest Blog: TalkingTrust. What’s driving the security of IoT? There are so many reasons why manufacturers connect their products to the Internet, whether it’s industrial machines, medical devices, consumer goods or even cars. Device Security is Hard. Thu, 03/11/2021 - 07:39. The Urgency for Security in a Connected World.

IoT 77
article thumbnail

Social engineering: Cybercrime meets human hacking

Webroot

What does social engineering look like? They may also try and convince you to provide remote access to your computer or mobile devices. They may also try and convince you to provide remote access to your computer or mobile devices. Social engineering can take many forms. Oversharing personal information online.

article thumbnail

Twitter and two-factor authentication: What's changing?

Malwarebytes

If you're not sure what they are, or how they work, fear not. To avoid losing access to Twitter, remove text message two-factor authentication by Mar 19, 2023. From the above linked Twitter blog post: While historically a popular form of 2FA, unfortunately we have seen phone-number based 2FA be used - and abused - by bad actors.